Carolyn has very deep roots in Jefferson County, and we are very proud of her here.

The regular meeting of the Smoky Mountain Historical Society will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, July 18, 2010, in the 3rd floor meeting room of the Sevier County Court House Annex.

The program will be by Mark & Sherry Finchum, of Indian Creek Productions. Mark will speak on Cherokee customs and lifestyles, and Sherry will address the study of Cherokee genealogy research.

Refreshments will follow the meeting. The public is invited.

As a result of wind's blowing down a tree at Cate Cemetery, donations are needed for the clean-up costs. Mail donations to Charlie Blake, 2008 Baldwin Cate Road, New Market, TN 37820.

Make checks payable to Cate Cemetery.

For more information, call (865) 397-7245.

It's almost incredible: fourteen years!  We couldn't have made it this far without the spectacular support of all the visitors, transcriptionists, and others who have helped us meet our goal of providing the best, free, on-line genealogy and local history resource for Jefferson County, Tennessee.

The Jefferson County TNGenWeb site went "live" in the first week of July, 1996. Since that time, thousands of genealogists and historians have stopped by to gather information about their families and the communities.

Many of them left information for other researchers. If you have transcribed data to share, please contact the Webmistress (e-mail from the Contact Us link in the menu). Additionally, check the "Help Wanted" page to see what transcription projects are on-going.

To everyone else who has transcribed, photographed, e-mailed, or otherwise helped add to this site, we thank you.

From the February 4, 2010, Standard Banner (Jefferson City) --

Local residents [or anybody else -- Webmistress] are invited to submit stories dealing with the history of Jefferson County, or their community, to be published in a regular historical column called "A Touch of Time."